$("#category-articles").append("

\n

\n

\n

\n A customer is chased back home<\/a>\n <\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
By <\/div>\n
\n
\n Heidi Mario<\/a> <\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Tuesday, December 3, 2024<\/span>\n — <\/span>\n Issue 793<\/a>\n \n \n <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
\n Heidi Mario is an artist. BRATTLEBORO-Call this "A Tale of Two Shoe Stores." There has been a great deal of discussion lately regarding the difficulties and challenges facing the brick-and-mortar retail businesses in our community, whether it be rising rents, the cheapness and convenience of ordering online, or the behavior of people downtown. One has only to observe the empty storefronts to be aware that times are tough for these, our friends and neighbors. I have felt fortunate to have...\n <\/p>\n
\n Read More<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n Taking Sam’s for granted<\/a>\n <\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
By <\/div>\n
\n
\n Heidi Mario<\/a> <\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Tuesday, June 18, 2024<\/span>\n — <\/span>\n Issue 770<\/a>\n \n \n <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
\n BRATTLEBORO-After reading Cara Cheyette's "Voices" piece regarding her dissatisfaction with Sam's, my husband, Michael, commented: "It's like saying 'Well, I thought he was an a**hole' at a funeral." We have a combined history of patronage at Sam's of nearly 75 years - Michael's been a Brattleboro resident for 44 years, and I've been here for more than 30 - and we were frequent customers the entirety of that time. We rarely had any difficulty finding a salesperson to assist -\n <\/p>\n
\n Read More<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n Lucy Terry Prince could not have witnessed massacre<\/a>\n <\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
By <\/div>\n
\n
\n Heidi Mario<\/a> <\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Wednesday, July 21, 2021<\/span>\n — <\/span>\n Issue 622<\/a>\n \n \n <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
\n Thank you to Shanta Lee Gander for her interesting column regarding Lucy Terry Prince. There does seem to be a some confusion, however, regarding the history behind Prince's poem “Bars Fight.” Ms. Gander states that Prince was a “bearer of witness” of the “famed Deerfield Massacre.” The Deerfield Massacre occurred in 1704 when French and Native American forces assaulted the settlement of Deerfield, Mass., killing 47 villagers and taking 112 as captives. Lucy Prince was born around 1730. The Bars...\n <\/p>\n
\n Read More<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n Attempt at humor: Deprecating, condescending, and downright cruel<\/a>\n <\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
By <\/div>\n
\n
\n Heidi Mario<\/a> <\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Wednesday, August 29, 2012<\/span>\n — <\/span>\n Issue 167<\/a>\n \n \n <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
\n First, Eileen Parks [“Requiem for a Dollar Store,” Aug. 22] calls an elderly woman who was momentarily unpleasant in a grocery store a “wrinkled mass of pure uck.” Then, the employees of a small store are derided for being too helpful, and described as “pitifully stinky bums.” I have no idea if Ms. Parks is, or is not, “one of the coolest school librarians ever,” as she's described in her bio, but I am pretty sure I wouldn't want someone...\n <\/p>\n
\n Read More<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n Hope she finds happiness<\/a>\n <\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n
By <\/div>\n
\n
\n Heidi Mario<\/a> <\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n Wednesday, May 2, 2012<\/span>\n — <\/span>\n Issue 150<\/a>\n \n \n <\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n
\n Susie Crowther's piece [“Plan A,” Viewpoint, April 25] puts me in mind of an old story. An old man is sitting at the top of a hill, in view of a small town, when he is approached by a young traveler. The traveler says, “What are the people like down there?” The old man says, “What are the people like where you come from?” “Oh, they are just awful - whiny, selfish, cranky, miserable.” The old man says, “Yep, that...\n <\/p>\n
\n Read More<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n"); $("#tenf-category-read-more").replaceWith("");